The ESL One Katowice CS:GO major was not only spectacular entertainment - it was literally record-breaking. The tournament not only saw a 150% viewership increase since ESL One Cologne, but also a massive peak concurrent viewership that exceeded one million viewers!

On Twitch alone, 860,992 fans watched the finals on March the 15th at the ‘pure’ peak concurrent viewership, with CS:GO being the most watched game on the streaming platform over the course of most of the tournament. The English stream alone managed to peak at an amazing 608,923 viewers!

Overall, the tournament drew 8,785,740 unique visitors and 16 million hours watched. We visualized the impressive streaming statistics as well as the outstanding player and team performances in our ESL One Katowice infographic - check it out!

ESL kicked off 2014 with the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice, the third and one of the largest esports events in the world that saw over 73,000 people flock to the Spodek arena while the competition boasted a peak CCU of over 1,000,000 for all streams combined!

In June we hosted our first-ever ESL One Frankfurt in the fitting venue of the Commerzbank Arena World Cup football stadium, making it the biggest Dota 2 esports festival in Europe. With over 12,500 people watching at the stadium each day each day on a massive 412m2 screen and thousands more online, it was another great success.